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Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski, Russian, Soviet, And CIS History, Biographies
Related Category: Russian, Soviet, And CIS History, Biographies
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Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski[zEnO´vE pEtrO´vich ruzhdyistvyen´skE] Pronunciation Key, 18481909, Russian admiral. Commander of the Baltic fleet at the time of the Russo-Japanese War of 19045, he was ordered to take his fleet to East Asia. In the battle of Tsushima (1905), Rozhdestvenski's fleet was destroyed by Admiral Togo's fleet. The Russian defeat led to an armistice with Japan shortly afterward.
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